Garment-fastening.



Patented ma [4,1901.

GARMENT FASTENING.

[Application filed. Aug. 25, 1900.)

(No Model.)

wvitneoow rrn STATES PATET OFFICE.

ZILPI-IA WHITTINGTON, OF .WORSHAM, MISSOURI.

GARMENT-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 673,934, dated May 14, 1901.

Application filed August 25, 1900- Serial No. 28,048. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ZILPHA WHITTINGTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vorsham, in the county of WVright and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Fastenings; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to garment-fastenings, and aims to provide a device of this character which will secure either tight or loose fitting garments and prevent their accidental loosening when secured, the fastening being of the nature of a hook and eye and attachable to the garment without stitching and adapted to form an ornament, the latter being of any design and embellishment and provided with a setting or not, as desired.

For a full description of theinvention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and drawings hereto attached.

WVhile the essential and characteristic features of the invention are necessarily susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front View of the fastening as it appears when applied. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the hook member. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail View in perspective of the ornamental head or cap plate as seen from the rear side. Fig. 5 is a detail view in perspective of the hook or fastening plate. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the eye member. Fig. 7 is a side view of the component parts of the hook member assembled. Fig. 8 is alongitudinal section of the eye member. Fig. 9 is a top plan view of the eye member.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The fastening comprises, essentially, two parts, designated, respectively, as the hook member and the eye member. The hook member embodies two parts in its structure, the outer part presenting an ornamental finish and the inner part serving as a fastening plate and provided with the engaging hook. The outer part of the hook member consists of a plate 1 of any configuration, design, or embellishmentand may be provided with a setting or not, according to the cost of the article. A raised part 2 is provided upon the rear side of the ornamental plate 1, and its end portions are transversely pierced to receive staple-fastenings 3, of spring-wire, and having their ends pointed. These staple-fastenings 3 are formed by passing determinate lengths of wire of suitable gage through the transverse openings 4 in the part 2 and bending the end portions of the wires in the same direction at a right angle after the wires have been centrally positioned with reference to the ornamental head.

The fastening-plate 5 is provided in one face with a depression 6 to receive the raised part 2 or the ornamental cap-plate and is formed at one end with the engaging hook 7. Notches 8 are formed in the edges of the plate 5 in transverse alinement and are positioned so as to receive the legs of the staple-fasted ings 3. The projecting parts 9 intermediate of the notches 8 are adapted to have the legs of the staple-fastenings bent therearound from opposite sides, as shown most clearlyin Fig. 7. The pointed ends of the staple-fastenings are engaged by catches 10, applied to opposite ends of the plate 5 after the members of the said fastenings have been thrust through the notches S and bent about the offstanding projections 9. This is indicated most clearly in Figs. 2 and 7. The catches 10 may be provided in any suitable and convenient way,and, as shown,are pointed pieces of sheet metal thrust through openings in the plate 5 and having their end portions bent in opposite directions, so as to prevent displacement. In the event of the plate 5being formed of sheet metal the catches 10 may be struck or pressed therefrom, as commonly practiced in articles of this character.

The eye member of the fastening consists of a plate 11, having its end portions reduced at diagonally-opposite points, as shown at 12 and 13. Catches 14 are applied to the reduced end 13 of the plate and are adapted to receive the pointed ends of shank members 15 of an eye-fastening 16. The catches 14 may be provided in a similar manner to the catches 10. The part 15 16 is formed of a single length of wire bent in to the shape of a staple, the folded end being constructed to provide the eye 16 and the parts 15 being crossed adjacent to the eye 16 and passed through openings in the reduced end 12 of the plate. The goods of the garment is secured between the parts 12 and 16, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 3, the parts 15 being passed through the said goods prior to passing through the openings of the plate 11. I

The hook member of the fastening is applied to the goods 17, comprising the garment, by having the parts 1 and 5 placed upon opposite sides of the goods, through which latter the members of the fastenings 3 pass, the goods being clamped between the parts 1 and 5 by bending the members of the fastenings 3 about the lateral projections 9 of the plate 5 and engaging the points of the said fastening members with the catches 10. The ornamental head-plate 1 projects a short distance beyond the hook end of the fastening-plate 5, so as to come opposite the reduced end 12 of the eye member. This is shown most clearly in Fig. 3. As a result of this construction the fastening presents a flat appearance and is not liable to become unclas'ped whenapplied to loose-fitting garments, which is a desideratum. In the formation of the fastener the part 1 may be constructed either of metal or any plastic composition and maybe finished in accordance with any selected design, and should the demand require the part 1 may be embellished by having an appropriate setting applied thereto. It is contemplated to mold or stamp the parts of the fastening according tothe material employed in the manufacture thereof, and the catches may form an integral part of the elements or may be separate and applied thereto.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In a garment-fastenin g, a base-plate having medially-disposed side projections and corresponding terminal side extensions, a capplate fitted upon the base-plate, pointed fastenings attached to the cap-plate and adapted to be bent in opposite directions around the said medial projections and engage with the aforesaid terminal extensions, and means for positively attaching the points of the said fastenings to the said terminal extensions, substantially as specified.

2. In a garment-fastening, a base-plate having medially-disposed side projections and corresponding terminal side extensions, catches applied to the said terminal extensions, a cap-plate, and pointed fastenings attached to the cap-plate and adapted to be bent around the aforesaid medial side projections in opposite directions so as to embrace them and have their extremities engaged by the aforesaid catches, substantially as described.

3. In a garment-fastening, aplate havinga recess in one face and lateral projections, a cap-plate having a raised portion to fit in the recess of the aforementioned plate, and fastenings of staple form applied to the raised portion of the cap-plate. and adapted to be bent about the projections of the first-mentioned plate, substantially as specified.

4. In a garment-fastening, a plate having a hook at one end and provided with spaced notches in opposite edges, a cap-plate and pointed fastenings applied to said cap-plate, and adapted to pass through the notches of the hook-plate and to be bent in opposite directions around the part between the notches and have their end portions engage with the terminal side portions of the plate beyond the notches, substantially as specified.

5. In a garmentfastening, a plate having a recess in one face and spaced notches in opposite edges, and provided at one end With a hook, catches at opposite ends of said plate, a cap-plate having a raised portion to enter the depression of the hook-plate, and fastenings of staple form fitted in openings at opposite ends of the raised portion of the capplate and adapted to have their leg members passed through the notches of the hook-plate and to be engaged with the catches thereof, substantially as set forth.

6. A garment-fastening, comprising companion plates disposed so as to have an end of the outermost plate project beyond the corresponding end of the fastening-plate, means for securing the two plates together and to the goods of the garment, a third plate provided with an eye and having the end portion adjacent to the eye offset to overlap the projecting end portion of the outermost plate, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ZILPHA WHIT'IINGIYON. [It s] Witnesses:

Gaol W. NEWTON, W. E. YOUNG. 

